Machine generated contents note: Democratization Today -- The Meaning of Democratization -- Democratization and Democracy -- The Global Politics of Democratization -- The Purpose and Structure of This Book -- 1.Democracy -- Democracy: A Simple Concept? -- From Direct to Liberal Democracy -- Empirical Democratic Theory -- Critiques of Empirical Democratic Theory -- Alternative Approaches to Democracy -- Conclusion -- 2.Democratization in Historical Perspective -- Democratization as Waves -- Explaining Democratization in History -- Contemporary Democratization -- Conclusion -- 3.Explaining Democratization -- Traditional Approaches -- Modernization Theory -- Historical Sociology -- The Agency Approach -- An Alternative Approach: The State, Civil Society and the Global Political Economy -- Conclusion -- 4.Democratization and the State -- Democratization of the State -- Institutional Transformation -- The Limitations of Institutional Change --

Contents note continued: Obstacles to the Democratization of the State -- Conclusion -- 5.Democratization and Civil Society -- Civil Society and Democracy -- Conceptualizing the Role of Civil Society in Democratization -- Civil Society Organizations and the Making of New Democracies -- The International Dimensions of Civil Society -- Conclusion -- 6.The Global Politics of Democratization -- The Changing International System and Democracy -- Discourses of Democratization -- Democracy Assistance, Promotion and Policing -- The Securitization Agenda -- Conclusion -- 7.Democratization in Europe -- Southern Europe -- East and Central Europe -- The Balkans -- The Russian Federation and its Neighbours -- Theorizing the Transitions -- The State -- Democratization and Civil Society -- Global Factors -- Conclusion -- 8.Democratization in Latin America -- Latin American Politics in Historical Perspective -- Theorizing Democratization in Latin America -- The State --

Contents note continued: Civil Society and Democratization -- Democratization and the Global Order -- Conclusion -- 9.Democratization in Africa -- African Democratization in Historical Perspective -- Theorizing Democratization in Africa -- The State -- Civil Society and Democratization -- Democratization and the Global Order -- Conclusion -- 10.Democratization in the Middle East -- Middle Eastern Democracy in Context -- Theorizing Middle Eastern Democratization -- The State -- Civil Society -- Regional and Global Factors -- Conclusion -- 11.Democratization in Asia -- Tentative Patterns of Regional Democratization -- Theorizing Democratization in Asia -- The State -- Civil Society -- Global Factors -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- The Causes of Democratization -- Explaining Outcomes -- The Future of Democratization.